It’s graduation season at my university. In addition to wishing our students well, I’ve recently been having conversations with friends and colleagues about our career aspirations and motivations. As a result, Ardent Lee’s post, which he called Job Hunting: An Endless Cycle, came at an interesting time, and made me think back to my original plans when I was a student. I wonder what ‘university-me’ would make of the mid-career life I’m currently living, and my original decision to study Japanese?